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Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell (Bemidji, 21 de junho de 1921 – 28 de fevereiro de 2011) foi uma atriz americana e uma dos principais símbolos sexuais de Hollywood nas décadas de 1940 e 1950. Foi descoberta por Howard Hughes quando trabalhava como recepcionista em um consultório dentário.
- Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell
1 de mar. de 2011 · A atriz americana Jane Russell morreu aos 89 anos em sua casa em Santa Maria (Califórnia). “Falei com sua nora esta manhã. Ela (Russell) morreu em paz em casa, com os filhos a seu lado ...
28 de fev. de 2011 · A atriz Jane Russell, que estrelou o filme "Os homens preferem as loiras" (1953), de Howard Hawks, e se tornou um controverso símbolo sexual de Hollywood, morreu na Califórnia aos 89 anos, informou o jornal Los Angeles Times nesta segunda-feira (28).
- The Outlaw
- Early Musical Ventures
- The Paleface
- RKO Pictures
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
- Russ-Field Productions
- Return to Music
- Television
- Later Career
In 1940, Russell was signed to a seven-year contract by film mogul Howard Hughes, and made her motion-picture debut in The Outlaw (1943), a story about Billy the Kidthat went to great lengths to showcase her voluptuous figure. The movie was completed in 1941, but it was not released until 1943 in a limited release. Problems occurred with the censor...
In 1947, Russell launched a musical career. She sang with the Kay Kyser Orchestra on radio, and recorded two singles with his band, "As Long As I Live" and "Boin-n-n-ng!" She also cut a 78 rpm album that year for Columbia Records, Let's Put Out the Lights, which included eight torch balladsand cover art that included a diaphanous gown. In a 2009 in...
Russell's career revived when she was cast as Calamity Jane opposite Bob Hope in The Paleface (1948) on loan out to Paramount. The film was a sizeable box office hit, earning $4.5 million and becoming Paramount's most successful release of the year. Russell shot Montana Belle for Fidelity Pictures in 1948, playing Belle Starr. The film was intended...
Howard Hughes bought RKO Pictures, and would be Russell's main employer for the next few years. At that studio, Russell co-starred with Groucho Marx and Frank Sinatra in a musical comedy, Double Dynamite, shot in 1948 and released in 1951. It was a critical and commercial failure. Hughes cast Russell opposite Robert Mitchum and Vincent Price in His...
Russell played Dorothy Shaw in the hit film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) opposite Marilyn Monroe for 20th Century Fox. The film was a huge success, Russell's biggest hit since The Outlaw, making over $5 million. Back at RKO, she was in Howard Hughes's production The French Line (1954), a musical. The movie's penultimate moment showed Russell in ...
In 1953, Russell and her first husband, former Los Angeles Rams quarterback Bob Waterfield, formed Russ-Field Productions. In March 1954, they signed a six-picture deal with United Artiststo last over three years; Russell only had to appear in three of the films. Russ-Field loaned out Russell's services for appearing as Amanda Lawrence in Foxfire(1...
On the musical front, Russell formed a gospel quartet in 1954, with three other members of a faith-sharing group called the Hollywood Christian Group. The other original members were Connie Haines, Beryl Davis and Della Russell. Haines was a former vocalist in the Harry James and Tommy Dorsey orchestras, while Davis was a British emigrant who had m...
Russell moved into television, appearing in episodes of Colgate Theatre, Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, Death Valley Days (the "Splinter Station", 1960) and The Red Skelton Hour. In 1999, she remarked, "Why did I quit movies? Because I was getting too old! You couldn't go on acting in those years if you were an actress over 30." Russell was referen...
Russell made her first movie appearance in a number of years in Fate Is the Hunter (1964), in which she was seen as herself performing for the USO in a flashback sequence. She was second-billed in two A.C. Lyles Westerns, Johnny Reno (1966) and Waco (1966), and starred in Cauliflower Cupids, filmed in 1966 but not released until 1970. She had a cha...
2 de nov. de 2014 · Nome: Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell. Nascimento e local: 21/06/1921, Bemidji, MN. Falecimento: 28/02/2011. Ocupação: atriz, cantora. Nacionalidade: americana. Casamentos: Bob Waterfield, Roger Barrett, John Calvin Peoples. Filhos: Robert John “Buck”, Tommy Kavanaugh, Tracy.
Jane Russell é uma Atriz, Produtora americana. Confira a biografia, os detalhes de seus 71 anos de carreira e todas as notícias sobre ela.
1 de mar. de 2011 · Edição do dia 01/03/2011. 01/03/2011 21h41 - Atualizado em 01/03/2011 21h41. Morre a atriz Jane Russell, símbolo sexual do século XX. A atriz foi a amiga morena de Marilyn Monroe no filme “Os homens preferem as louras”. Ela tinha 89 anos e sofria de problemas respiratórios. Conteúdo não disponível. Infelizmente este vídeo não está mais disponível.
